25 Summers Gone: A Raw Prison memoir of Survival and Growth (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798180564429)

25 Summers Gone is my story - not just of what happened to me, but of what time can do to a man, and what a man can choose to do with the time he has left. I spent twenty-five summers behind bars, watching the world move forward while I stayed frozen in place. Seasons changed, people changed, the streets changed - but inside, every day felt like a battle to hold on to who I was and who I refused to become.

This book is me opening that door and letting you walk through those years with me. I take you into the moments that shaped me: the mistakes that cost me everything, the silence of long nights when hope felt like a rumor, the small victories that kept me alive, and the transformation that didn't happen all at once, but piece by piece, choice by choice. I want you to feel the weight of those summers - not to pity me, but to understand the reality so many men and women live through, often forgotten by the world outside.

25 Summers Gone isn't a story about prison. It's a story about purpose. It's about what happens when a man decides that the time taken from him won't define the time he has left. It's about rebuilding, forgiving, learning, and stepping back into a world that barely remembers you - and choosing to serve it anyway.

I wrote this memoir because I believe in redemption, in second chances, and in the power of telling the truth about where you've been. If my story can reach someone standing at a crossroads, or help someone understand a loved one returning home, or inspire a young person to choose a different path - then those twenty-five summers won't be wasted.

This is my journey. My testimony. My reminder that no matter how much time you lose, you can still choose who you become.